[OT] I'm Available for Work

If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups -- 
speak up, I'll take it into account next time.

I'm down to just one customer, with a couple of possibilities in the 
future but nothing certain.  I vastly prefer to have two or three at a 
time, to fill my time in the natural pauses that happen in any project, 
and to keep a variety of work in front of me.  So if you've just been 
dying to have me work on your project, I'm available.  My email is on my 
web page, it is tim (at) wescottdesign (dot) com.

I do:

1: Embedded control design -- if you have a thing you want controlled 
well, but all you get out of it is shakin' and shimmyin' (or smoke), then 
call me.  This includes all-digital brushed and brushless motor designs, 
heater loops, etc.  If you have a thing that you think can be controlled 
but aren't sure, I can assess the feasibility of what you're doing before 
you expend a lot of resources going down a dead end.

2: Certain oddball communications problems.  I _don't_ know all of the 
established standards and whatnot, but if you have some weirdo low-level 
problem to solve (i.e., communicating over strange channels, or 
extracting data from normal channels that isn't normally extracted) then 
I may be able to help.

3: Analog circuit design and embedded software design -- yes, I managed 
to avoid learning much digital design.  My Verilog and VHDL skills are 
just good enough to show that a concept works, while motivating a _real_ 
digital designer to take a project out of my hands.  But my analog design 
and embedded software design skills are somewhere in the really good but 
not excellent level.

Past projects have included: diesel engine speed control, motion control 
for high-end LED photoprinters, motion control for gimbaled aerial 
imaging equipment, temperature control of various sorts, video phase-
locked loops, precision time-of-arrival algorithms for cell phone signals 
for Enhanced 911 locating, communication via pressure pulses in liquids, 
hand-held specialty measuring instruments for assessing the safety of 
athletic fields, a PCB that implemented precision torque and speed 
control of motors, and various other projects.

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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> Wrote in message:
> If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups -- 
> speak up, I'll take it into account next time.
> 
> I'm down to just one customer, with a couple of possibilities in the 
> future but nothing certain.  I vastly prefer to have two or three at a 
> time, to fill my time in the natural pauses that happen in any project, 
> and to keep a variety of work in front of me.  So if you've just been 
> dying to have me work on your project, I'm available.  My email is on my 
> web page, it is tim (at) wescottdesign (dot) com.
> 
> I do:
> 
> 1: Embedded control design -- if you have a thing you want controlled 
> well, but all you get out of it is shakin' and shimmyin' (or smoke), then 
> call me.  This includes all-digital brushed and brushless motor designs, 
> heater loops, etc.  If you have a thing that you think can be controlled 
I wish I had real money to pay you, but if I just pace myself I
 can probably learn most of what I need here. :D

Act dumb, play to people's altruism, PROFIT.

Thanks guys! I'll get you a six pack of the good stuff.

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On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:11:58 -0600, the renowned Tim Wescott
<seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote:

>If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups -- 
>speak up, I'll take it into account next time.
>

As a fairly recent customer I can recommend Tim W. 


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On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:11:58 -0600, the renowned Tim Wescott
<seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote:

>If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups -- 
>speak up, I'll take it into account next time.
>

As a fairly recent customer I can recommend Tim W. 


--sp 


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"Spehro Pefhany"  wrote in message 
news:ple0bb5cbs2dp64d1rtfdv7f8n3pfsillc@4ax.com...
> As a fairly recent customer I can recommend Tim W.

I was confused for a split second until I remembered. ;-)

Though I wouldn't mind some more work too.  Preferably analog.  Also been 
doing lots of RF lately!

Tim

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On 2/1/2016 11:11 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:
> If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups --
> speak up, I'll take it into account next time.
>
How would you feel if someone was trying to sell you Viagra?

As far as spam goes, at least it's on-topic-adjacent.

Let's hope the concept doesn't go viral.
Most effective time to kill it is at "patient one".

On 02/02/16 07:47, mike wrote:
> On 2/1/2016 11:11 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:
>> If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups --
>> speak up, I'll take it into account next time.
>>
> How would you feel if someone was trying to sell you Viagra?
> 
> As far as spam goes, at least it's on-topic-adjacent.
> 
> Let's hope the concept doesn't go viral.
> Most effective time to kill it is at "patient one".
> 

In general, I would agree with you - groups like these are not a place
for selling services, and the post is technically spam.  Tim Wescott is
not, however, "in general" - he has given an extraordinary amount of
help and advice in these groups (especially in c.a.e.) over the years,
freely sharing knowledge and experience that he could easily charge top
consultancy rates for.  If anyone has earned the "right" to make such
posts, it is Tim.

But it is a risky precedence to set.  Let us agree to keep such posts to
a minimum and on this single on-off thread, which is easily "killed" by
anyone who strongly objects, and let us hope that this does not lead to
lots more "I too am available for work" posts.  It is better that
potential customers post asking for professional help, including valid
email addresses - consultants can then email their replies.

(And Tim, /please/ don't cross-post between comp.arch.embedded and
sci.electronics.design.  You know fine that these two groups, and the
regular members, are like chalk and cheese.  I can't answer for comp.dsp
as I don't follow it.)

On 02.2.2016 г. 10:58, David Brown wrote:
> On 02/02/16 07:47, mike wrote:
>> On 2/1/2016 11:11 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:
>>> If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups --
>>> speak up, I'll take it into account next time.
>>>
>> How would you feel if someone was trying to sell you Viagra?
>>
>> As far as spam goes, at least it's on-topic-adjacent.
>>
>> Let's hope the concept doesn't go viral.
>> Most effective time to kill it is at "patient one".
>>
>
> In general, I would agree with you - groups like these are not a place
> for selling services, and the post is technically spam.  Tim Wescott is
> not, however, "in general" - he has given an extraordinary amount of
> help and advice in these groups (especially in c.a.e.) over the years,
> freely sharing knowledge and experience that he could easily charge top
> consultancy rates for.  If anyone has earned the "right" to make such
> posts, it is Tim.
>
> But it is a risky precedence to set.  Let us agree to keep such posts to
> a minimum and on this single on-off thread, which is easily "killed" by
> anyone who strongly objects, and let us hope that this does not lead to
> lots more "I too am available for work" posts.  It is better that
> potential customers post asking for professional help, including valid
> email addresses - consultants can then email their replies.
>
> (And Tim, /please/ don't cross-post between comp.arch.embedded and
> sci.electronics.design.  You know fine that these two groups, and the
> regular members, are like chalk and cheese.  I can't answer for comp.dsp
> as I don't follow it.)
>

I agree with the expressed feelings - except perhaps about the
crossposting CAE-SED, at times - quite rarely, admitted - these can be
useful.

Dimiter

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> Wrote in message:
> On 02/02/16 07:47, mike wrote:
>> On 2/1/2016 11:11 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:
>>> If anyone feels this is an unacceptable misuse of one of these groups --
>>> speak up, I'll take it into account next time.
>>>
>> How would you feel if someone was trying to sell you Viagra?
>> 
>> As far as spam goes, at least it's on-topic-adjacent.
>> 
>> Let's hope the concept doesn't go viral.
>> Most effective time to kill it is at "patient one".
>> 

> But it is a risky precedence to set.  Let us agree to keep such posts to
> a minimum and on this single on-off thread, which is easily "killed" by
> anyone who strongly objects, and let us hope that this does not lead to
> lots more "I too am available for work" posts.  It is better that
> potential customers post asking for professional help, including valid
> email addresses - consultants can then email their replies.

I too am available for work! Unfortunately I am unqualified to do
 anything.

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On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 00:29:32 -0600, "Tim Williams"
<tiwill@seventransistorlabs.com> wrote:

>
>I was confused for a split second until I remembered. ;-)
>
>Though I wouldn't mind some more work too.  Preferably analog.  Also been 
>doing lots of RF lately!
>
>Tim

Oh, you guys with your popular names... 

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